Amund Rake Hoffart

• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2025). «Sex» og «gender» i skandinaviske fortolkninger og oversettelser av Judith Butlers filosofi. Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon. ISSN 0800-7136. 43(1-2), p. 39–65. doi: 10.18261/agora.43.1-2.3. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2023). The Quest for the Right Metaphor. In Davis, Kathy & Lutz, Helma (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Intersectionality Studies. Routledge. ISSN 9780367545048. p. 138–150. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2020). An abundance of metaphors. In Strid, Sofia; Balkmar, Dag; Hearn, Jeff & Morley, Louise (Ed.), Does Knowledge Have a Gender?: A Festschrift for Liisa Husu on Gender, Science and Academia. Örebro University. ISSN 9789187789366. p. 310–312. Full text in Research Archive
• Werner, Ann; Økland, Jorunn; Hoffart, Amund Rake & Lundberg, Anna A. (2018). Constructing Terminology and Defining Concepts for Gender Studies in Norway and Sweden. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. ISSN 0803-8740. 26(2), p. 142–153. doi: 10.1080/08038740.2018.1477177. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This position paper by four key researchers from two projects (one in Norway and one in Sweden) aims to define and discuss terms and concepts in Gender Studies. It is inspired by the concept of dialogue as a method of academic writing and discusses the methods, results, challenges and choices made in the two projects. While they both aimed to create and discuss a vocabulary for Gender Studies and gender research, the projects took shape from different approaches, and produced different results. In this position paper, we discuss the meaning of doing conceptual work and deciding on definitions of terms. Our aim is not to determine which approach is “better”, but rather to understand how the field of Gender Studies and gender research is being built.

• Hoffart, Asle & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2014). Do general therapy change principles represent causal relationships? Journal of psychotherapy integration. ISSN 1053-0479. 24(4), p. 280–283. doi: 10.1037/a0038378. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Asle & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2014). Psychotherapy integration through general therapy change principles: Missing the core of psychotherapy? Journal of psychotherapy integration. ISSN 1053-0479. 24(4), p. 263–274. doi: 10.1037/a0038135. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2013). Feministisk etikk og privilegerte ståsteder. Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. p. 12–19. doi: https:/www.filosofisksupplement.no/magazines/2013/4. Full text in Research Archive

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• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2023). Interpreting Intersectionality: Interpretative Politics in Metacommentaries. Routledge. ISBN 9781032446981. 166 p. doi: 10.4324/9781003373476. Full text in Research Archive

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• Gramvik, Simon; Norsted, Kristian Sandbekk & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2026). Svenske feminister er ikke som andre feminister. [Internet]. Kilden magasin. doi: https:/magasin.kildenkunnskap.no/nb/2026/06/svenske-feminister-er-ikke-som-andre-feminister. Full text in Research Archive
• Kristiansen, Henrik Arder; Aarseth, Helene; Hoffart, Amund Rake & Lund, Rebecca Waters Boldsen (2025). Intervju med initiativtakerne til The Nordic Network for Critical Theory: Hva skal vi med et nordisk nettverk for kritisk teori, og hvordan er interessen for kritisk teori blant forskere i Norden i dag? [Internet]. Salongen: Nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. doi: https:/www.salongen.no/intervju/intervju-med-initiativtakerne-til-the-nordic-network-for-critical-theory/252337. Full text in Research Archive
• Stork, Hanne Skogvang; Gressgård, Randi; Hoffart, Amund Rake & Kaasa, Janicke S. (2025). “It’s hard to overstate how important Judith Butler has become". [Internet]. Kilden kjønnsforskning.no. doi: https:/kjonnsforskning.no/en/2025/10/its-hard-overstate-how-important-judith-butler-has-become. Full text in Research Archive
• Stork, Hanne Skogvang; Gressgård, Randi; Hoffart, Amund Rake & Kaasa, Janicke S. (2025). – Judith Butler er gjort til selve symbolet på «kjønnsideologi». [Internet]. Kilden kjønnsforskning.no. doi: https:/kjonnsforskning.no/nb/2025/09/judith-butler-er-gjort-til-selve-symbolet-pa-kjonnsideologi. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2025). Interseksjonalitet og additivitet. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Lie, Juni Katrine (2025). Playing the Game to Get Playtime: Knowledge, Creativity and Love in the Corporatized University. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Lie, Juni Katrine (2024). Playing the Game to Get Playtime: Knowledge, Creativity and Love in the Corporatized University. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Lie, Juni Katrine (2024). Playing the Game to Get Playtime: Creativity, Competition and Desire in Norwegian Academia. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Gunnarsson, Lena (2024). The ban on additivity in feminist intersectionality theory. Full text in Research Archive
• Kleiberg, Ida-Marie; Mehri, Sara & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2024). En introduksjon til feministisk vitenskapsteori: Utenfor, eller i laboratoriet? Intervju med Amund Rake Hoffart. [Journal]. Filosofisk supplement. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2024). Interpreting Intersectionality. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Helseth, Hannah (2024). Boksamtale under lanseringen av Interpreting Intersectionality. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2023). Jakten på erfaringsbasert teori. Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon. ISSN 0800-7136. 41(4), p. 221–227. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). Butlers helhetlige prosjekt? Agora Journal for metafysisk spekulasjon. ISSN 0800-7136. 40(1), p. 348–355. Full text in Research Archive
• Stuen, Eivind August Westad & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). Is the term ‘intersectionality’ being misused? [Internet]. Kilden kjønnsforskning.no. doi: https:/kjonnsforskning.no/en/2022/01/term-intersectionality-being-misused. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). The Quest for the Right Intersectional Metaphor. Global Dialogue: Magazine of the International Sociological Association. ISSN 2519-8688. 12(3), p. 24–25. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). Familielikheter. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). Intersectional intersectionality? Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). Om interseksjonell interseksjonalitet. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2022). The quest for the right metaphor in metacommentaries on intersectionality. Full text in Research Archive
• Stuen, Eivind August Westad & Hoffart, Amund Rake (2021). Blir begrepet «interseksjonalitet» misbrukt? [Internet]. Kilden kjønnsforskning.no. doi: https:/kjonnsforskning.no/nb/2021/11/blir-begrepet-interseksjonalitet-misbrukt. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2021). Blir interseksjonalitetsbegrepet misbrukt? Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake; Jers, Johanna & Lööv, Anna Olovsdotter (2020). Den postdoktorala situationen för genusdoktorer: Vad händer efter festen? 41(3), p. 91–93. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2019). Knowing, doing and undoing: Exploring the interplay between three modes of engagement with intersectionality. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2019). The quest for the right metaphor: A mapping of alternative metaphorizations of intersectionality. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2018). Feminist intersectionality theory and the aim of theorising from experience: Some reflections. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2018). On intersectionality and additivity. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2017). Terminologi og kjønnsforskning. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2017). Fagtermer i kjønnsforskning: om arbeidsmetoden. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2016). Conceptualising intersectionality: Some ideas. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2016). Intersectional intersectionality: Presentation of ongoing PhD research. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2016). Gender research terminology: Methods and challenges. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2016). Feminist boundary-drawing: Intersectional theory and the case of additive analysis. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2015). Doing terminological work in gender research: Experiences from Norway. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2014). Wittgenstein og feminismens problematiske kvinnebegrep. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake & Pettersen, Tove (2014). Ti år med emnet Kjønn og filosofi. [Journal]. Bulletine, nr. 2, 2014. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2021). Intersectional Intersectionality? Interpretative Politics in Metacommentaries on Intersectionality. Örebro Universitet. ISSN 9789175294001. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The claim that intersectionality has become a dominant paradigm for feminist scholarship and activism constitutes the backdrop to this study. One central arena for making such claims is the genre of metacommentaries on intersectionality. This genre often responds critically to the development of intersectionality into a paradigm and focuses on how the dispersal of intersectionality into ever-new contexts carries with it a series of missteps and breakdowns. The paradigmatisation of intersectionality is seen as problematic: its successes lead to failures; its popularity to a loss of radical edge; its travels to uprooting. This critique instigates a form of storytelling that attempts to bring intersectionality back to where it belongs. In this study, three responses to the paradigmatisation of intersectionality are identified. All work to pin it down and shape it as a proper object: to define its meanings, connect with its roots and realise its potential. These responses are read as themselves contributing to paradigmatisation, positioning the genre of metacommentaries as both “against” and as an important part of this process. This thesis develops a critique of the gestures of correction inherent in the metacommentary responses. A central finding is that the construction of a proper form of intersectionality is contrasted against an improper other, known as “additivity”, a way of conceptualising the relationship between social categories as separate and independent, making it possible to add them to each other. More importantly, additivity serves as a conceptual placeholder for a long list of methodological no-go areas, such as essentialism, exclusion and binary thinking. Thus, in the metacommentaries, a starkly oppositional relationship is constructed: through making additivity into a pejorative, intersectionality becomes an imperative. A paradoxical effect of overstating this binary is that it reinforces the very theory/practice gap that is singled out as causing missteps and breakdowns in intersectional scholarship. Instead of struggling to resolve the problem of additivity at a metatheoretical level, it is suggested that we need to dissolve the exceptionalism that guides the corrective impulse and to acknowledge our collective implication in additive modes of thought.

• Hoffart, Amund Rake (2012). Feminismens problematiske kvinnebegrep. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg hvorfor kvinnebegrepet har framstått som problematisk for feminister. Jeg skisserer to spenninger som eksisterer i relasjonen mellom feminismen og kvinnebegrepet. Den ene oppstår fordi feminister har behov for både et avgrenset og et inkluderende kvinnebegrep. Den andre oppstår fordi feminister har behov for et kvinnebegrep som er forankret både i en teoretisk og en hverdagslig forståelse.

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